a large area of land where household and industrial waste is buried underground, often covered with layers of earth.
The city council approved a new landfill on the outskirts of town.
Trucks line up every day to dump waste at the local landfill.
✦ Formed as a compound of "land" + "fill", referring to filling low-lying land with refuse for disposal. The modern concept emerged in the 1940s with 'sanitary landfill' practices to replace open dumps.
waste material that has been or is intended to be buried in a landfill.
Recycling programs aim to reduce landfill across the country.
This type of plastic goes straight to landfill.
